Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-106
Gila county, the county seat of which is Globe, is bounded as follows:
Commencing at the point where the Mazatzal range of mountains intersects the centerline of the Salt river; thence up the Salt river to the mouth of Tonto creek; thence in a direct line to a mountain known as the "Water Shed;" thence in a direct line to a point two hundred fifty yards west of the place where the "Mineral Creek Mill" stood on February 8, 1881; thence in a direct line to the junction of the San Pedro and Gila rivers; thence up the Gila river to the mouth of the San Carlos river; thence northeasterly up the San Carlos river to a point where the river intersects the northern line of township one north; thence east on such line to the point where such line intersects the one hundred tenth meridian west longitude; thence north on such meridian to the point where it intersects the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude; thence west on such parallel to the point where such parallel intersects the meridian of one hundred ten degrees forty-five minutes west longitude; thence north on such meridian to the Mogollon Rim; thence westerly along the Mogollon Rim and the southern boundary of Coconino county to the east line of range seven east of the Gila and Salt River Guide meridian; thence south to the center of the channel of Fossil creek; thence southwesterly along the center of the channel of Fossil creek to the point where the center of such channel intersects the center of the channel of the Verde river; thence southerly along the center of the channel of the Verde river to a point due west of a point or peak on the summit of the Mazatzal mountains, known as and called North Peak; thence due east to the North Peak summit of the Mazatzal range of mountains; thence southerly along the summit of the Mazatzal range of mountains to the point where the Mazatzal range of mountains intersects the centerline of the Salt river, the place of beginning.
A.R.S. § 11-106